Addressing Human Rights and

Environmental Concerns: Forests

Abhishek Kutty

Keywords

Eminent Domain

Forest

Forest Produce

Conservation

Preservation

History

British Rule

Constitutional framework

Legal Regimes

Forest Act,1865

Forest Act,1878

National Forest Policy, 1894

Forest Act,1927

National Forest Policy, 1952

Forest Conservation Act, 1980

Environment Protection Act 1986

National Forest Policy,1988

Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas Act) , 1996

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers

(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

Need for a better governance

Godavarmans case

Forest Officer

Joint Forest Management legislation

Liberal laws for the forest depended

Conservation for Sustainable Development

Thank You